Tag-holder for automobiles.



F. BRABSON.

TAG HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. l. 1911.

l 175,923 Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

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FRANK BRABSON, OF NEWARK, NEVJ JERSEY.

TAG-HOLDER FOE AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21., 1916.

Application filed April 1, 1911. Serial No. 618,263.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK BRABSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Tag-Holders for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a tag holder of a novel and improved construction; to secure increased strength and rigidity and at the same time lightness in weight; to provide a tag holder which presents a neat and pleasing appearance, and can be firmly attached to different automobiles; to obtain a simple construction which can be manufactured to good advantage, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tag holder of my improved construction, Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same on line A-A, F ig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the stem of the holder, taken on line B-B, Fig. 2.

In the specific embodiment of my invention shown in said drawings, 1 indicates the tag-receiving head of usual T-shape, 2 the attaching portion, adapted to clamp around the water cap or other part of an autom0- bile, and 3 the stem connecting said head 1 and attaching portion 2.

The tag-receiving head is formed of the middle part of a long strip of metal, preferably half-round as shown, said strip being first bent into a narrow U-shape as at 4:, which forms the upright of the T-shaped head, and then the two halves of the doubled strip are bent apart into substantial alinement with each other at or about right angles to the upright 4 and returned substantially parallel to said outwardly bent parts and at a little distance therefrom, so as to form the cross-piece 5 of the T-shaped head with a slot 6 through which the fastening bolts may extend at any desired points of the length of the tag. It will be noted that the half-round strip is bent so that the fiat sides of the adjacent portions of its two halves are inward or face each other, and beyond the T-shaped head 1 portions 7, 7 of the half-round strip lie flatwise together and fit nicely inside a sheath or a piece of tubing 8, the whole forming the stem 8. Said stem is curved rearwardly from the plane of the T-shaped head 1, which normally stands vertical, through substantially 90 degrees to the plane of the attaching portion 2 which is normally horizontal, and this bending is easily accomplished because the tube or sheath 8 is filled by the portions 7, 7 of the half-round strip. It may also be noted that this bending is in the plane of division between said strip portions or the plane of the adjacent fiat faces of said strip portions.

From the upper end of the stem 2, or its sheath 8, the two halves of the half-round strip bend sharply apart as at 9, and then rearwardly substantially parallel to each other, forming arms, 10, 10 adapted to receives between themselves the water cap or other part of the automobile to which the tag holder is to be applied. The extremities 11, 11 of said arms 10, 10 are rounded and threaded, and extend through longitudinal slots 12, 12 in a strap 13, nuts 14, 1- outside said strap enabling it to be clamped tight against the water cap or other part between the arms 10, 10. The slots 12, 12 enable the tag holder to be applied to a greater range of sizes of water caps or the like, since the arms 10, 10 can be readily bent nearer together or farther apart to fit any one of the sizes which vary considerably.

The sheath 8 inclosing the portions'7, 7 of the half-round strip is a most important feature of my invention, and it serves as the single means for holding the adjacent halves of the tag holder together and giving the whole device stiffness and rigidity. At the same time it is very neat and pleasing in appearance, and can be readily shaped with the half-round portions 7, 7 inside. The curvature renders it impossible for the halves of the half-round strip to twist or turn in the sheath 8, and said sheath abuts at its ends against the T-head and attaching portion, respectively.

Different shapes could be given the head 1 and attaching means 2, to suit various conditions, without departing from the construction of stem above emphasized, so long as the portions 7, 7 diverge or spread at their point of issue from the tube 8, and I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself in those respects. Furthermore, while I prefer to employ a strip of halfround cross-section, as stated, it is possible that very good results might be obtained with strips of other cross-sectional shapes, and I do not Wish to limitmyself to any particular shape.

By the construction described a tagholder is easily and cheaply manufactured Which is strong and rigid and at the same time of light Weight and pleasing in appearance, which particularly recommends it to automobilists.

Obviously a holder of my improved construction could be employed for anything other than automobile-tags Which it might be adapted to support.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is:

1. A holder for automobile tags and the like, comprising a head, an attaching portion and a curved stem connecting said head and attaching portion, said stem comprising curved strip portions arranged side by side and a curved tubular sheath inclosing said 7 strip portions, whereby said strip portions cannot tWistor movewith respect to each other in said sheath and a firm rigid stem is secured.

2. A holder for automobile tags and the like, comprising strip portions lying side- Wise together for the stem of the holder and being bent apart at one end of said stem and formed into opposite alined loops lying in substantially the same plane and together forming a slot transverse to the stem, said stem being curved tangent to the plane of said loops, a curved tubular sheath upon the stem parts of said'strip portions abutting said loops, and attaching arms at the opposite end of said sheath from said loops in a angles to that of the said attaching arms, a

curved tubular sheath upon the stem parts of said strip portions abutting said arms;

and a head at the opposite end of said sheath from said attaching arms.

FRANK BRABSON.

l/Vitnesses CORNELIUS ZABRIsKm, FRANCES E. BLODGETT.

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